Graphic Novels

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VIDEO TUTORIALS: COMIC LIFE

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SCREENCAST
Trailer for upcoming documentary on graphic novels and literacy

Introduction to the Workspace

Working with Panels

Working with Images

Speech Balloons

Saving and exporting your graphic novel to
your wikispace page as a Movie.
 Exporting and Saving Your Graphic Novel to Wiki Spaces

Publishing and Exporting Your Project

Exporting your graphic novel to Google Presentation to get an embed code and URL


Google + Your Graphic Novel

Working with Layers

Adding Multiple Images to a Single Panel

Adding Filters and Styles to Images
Creating Transparent Backgrounds on Images Using GIMP
 Creating Transparency in Gimp

Creating Transparent Backgrounds on Images Using GIMP.pdf
Embedding Images in Speech Bubbles
Additional Online Resources
 Factoring with Mr. Yang and Mosley
Good examples of math tutorials created in Comic Life.

Comics in Education
Gene Yang's Master of Education Proposal gives an overview of using comics in the classroom.

Blambot.com
The Grammar of Comic Speech Balloons: Great site for understanding how the placement, shape and design of speech balloons impacts the action in the story.
Additional articles about graphic novels/comics
Using student generated comics in the classroom.pdf